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Air carrier captain reported an altitude overshoot during approach and cited reduced flying as a contributing factor.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1741165 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Visual approach to runway xxl. Vectored to a wide downwind by ATC. Was high and over-corrected and descended too low. Had the ILS xxl tuned in as a backup and by the time the aircraft turned final; was 1 dot low on the glidepath. Stopped the descent and re-established on glidepath to an uneventful landing. Lots to learn on this one as debriefed by both pilots after landing. As the pilot flying I over-corrected on the much wider downwind than I was used to and got low as a result. Would have worked for a normal downwind; but I should have held my descent. Have not been flying a lot lately; and neither had my first officer and it showed as I think under normal flying I would have caught this prior to final and made an earlier correction. Definitely something to watch out for personally with the reductions in flying.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported an altitude overshoot during approach and cited reduced flying as a contributing factor.
Narrative: Visual approach to Runway XXL. Vectored to a wide downwind by ATC. Was high and over-corrected and descended too low. Had the ILS XXL tuned in as a backup and by the time the aircraft turned final; was 1 dot low on the glidepath. Stopped the descent and re-established on glidepath to an uneventful landing. Lots to learn on this one as debriefed by both pilots after landing. As the pilot flying I over-corrected on the much wider downwind than I was used to and got low as a result. Would have worked for a normal downwind; but I should have held my descent. Have not been flying a lot lately; and neither had my FO and it showed as I think under normal flying I would have caught this prior to final and made an earlier correction. Definitely something to watch out for personally with the reductions in flying.
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